Blue, Green And Red Beer From Japan
You take a common English phrase then translate it over and over in Japanese. You get funny results.
Let's try it….
If you're a master in the kitchen, you may not blink an eye when it's time to figure out how many tablespoons are in two-thirds cup. For the rest of us, there's this handy measurement conversion apron.
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Once you've got the ball rolling in the kitchen, nothing puts a damper on your head of steam like an unwieldy, unfamiliar unit conversion. Sure you could use Google's conversion calculator, but your hands are covered with flour and your keyboard's already dirty enough as is. That's why we love the idea behind this clever apron. In addition to sporting a simple conversion table between cups, ounces, tablespoons, and teaspoons, the apron also offers common substitutions for various baking pans.
As you can see in the picture, the conversion table is upside-down, making it easy to read for the wearer. The apron will set you back $19 on Etsy, but if you're not keen on the price, you could surely steal the idea for your own DIY version. Thanks Gil!
Web site MagMe displays full scans of popular magazines directly in your browser—covering the gamut from computer and lifestyle mags to art, fashion, and photography.
The offerings vary greatly, ranging from popular magazines to lesser known publications. MagMe is in essence very similar to previously mentioned Mygazines, which actually had been shut down and recently came back to life, though in what appears to be a neutered form. MagMe currently seems a little better than Mygazines, though neither seem as good as Mygazines when we first looked at it. If you're a magazine fan, let's hear what option you prefer (even if it's just "the real thing") in the comments.
Windows: When you're away from an outlet and flying on battery power alone, keeping an eye on how much juice your laptop has is critical. BattCursor makes it easy to track how much power you have left.
BattCursor has multiple ways of helping you keep track of your battery life. The method for which it was named is, as seen here, turning the cursor into a floating battery meter. As you run low the cursor gives both the percentage and a visual indicator.
If you're using the Aero Glass style you can also set BattCursor to tint the title bars of windows. When your battery is full or nearly full the title bars are their regular blue color. As you run out of batteries they begin to shift through a spectrum of warning colors until the title bars are red. You can also set BattCursor to disable Aero Glass once your battery is running low to squeeze a little more life out of the battery by not using a resource-heavy style.
If you have a favorite program for keeping an eye on laptop battery life—or even milking your battery for more time—let's hear about it in the comments. BattCursor is freeware and requires Windows Vista or higher.
If you're running Firefox, type the following in your URL address line: about:robots
Not a big deal, but it's something most people don't know about.
Sure, we've seen the weirdly delectable Scanwiches. We've gagged and gawked at This is Why You're Fat. And we've loved the low-budget gourmet glory of Fancy Fast Food. 
As if three beffudled pugs tilting their heads like wasn't cute enough the first time it hit the web, the trifecta is back with an addition! Minnie, Mabel and Max welcome Monte to the show, giving us another reason to declare the Multiple Pug Head Tilt meme an utterly compelling piece of footage we hope will continue to grow.Wesley, who just turned five, performs "Folsom Prison Blues" with a soulfulness that would have made Johnny Cash weep.
I was not aware that the live event marketplace was so crowded. Apparently there are hundreds of ticket websites out there including StubHub and TicketMaster. Luckily, TicketFlow is there to make sense of it for you.
TicketFlow is the self-described Kayak of ticket sites. You type in an artist, team, play, or musical and it digs through the various websites to find tickets that match your requirements. Want to see a cheap Bob Dylan concert? Head down to Virginia. Want to watch Toxic Avenger: The Musical? Why?
The found, Justin Hartzman, worked with a buddy to aggregate all of the ticket sites into one simple-to-use interface. One other site, FanSnap, performs a similar function and also allows you to chose your seats at the venue.
The system also includes a suggestion engine. You tell it what you want to do and in what city - concert, play, sporting event - and it will find events in your time frame and budget. It seemed to work fairly well in New York except for an unfortunate typo in the application dialog but, as we all know, nobody is perfick. See if you can spot it…
Generally this is an interesting and untapped market. The live music and event discovery world is still in its infancy and aside from the obvious sources - mostly weekly papers and some fan sites - you're not going to hear that Willie and Bobby will be playing in your neck of the woods until it's too late. The most important aspect here is obviously price comparisons, something that was once time-consuming.
Sadly, this does not do a search into the infinite future, ensuring that my life will be forever free of the pan flute for months - if not years - to come.
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FunStuff / Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:33:44 GMT
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BandCentral: Basecamp for Bands
This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: BandCentral
Quick Pitch: BandCentral is an online band manager that is revloutionising the way unsigned bands communicate, get organised and promote themselves online.
Genius Idea: It’s likely that if you’ve got a band, you’re doing everything in your power to create music, secure gigs, promote your band online, and find a way to make it big time. All of which you’re probably trying to do while working a day job, meaning you’re overwhelmed by disorderly email threads, lost files, and gig dates. That’s where BandCentral can help.
BandCentral is like Basecamp for bands, but with features just for music professionals and their cohorts designed to help you manage your band’s administrative needs. So, your band management hub allows for adding gig information that you can post directly to social sites, syncing with your published MySpace gigs, communicating via a group message board, file hosting and sharing, calendar and contact management, a fan base manager, financial management tool, email and SMS notifications, and permissions levels.
While BandCentral certainly has a Basecamp-like look and feel, your band could really benefit from the platform by taking advantage of the band-appropriate features. The gig sync with MySpace makes it easy to keep performance information current and accurate, and being able to add your gigs to your calendar while automatically promoting them on Facebook and Twitter certainly has its value. You can even use the site to send SMS updates (there’s a fee per message) to your fans, enter and track incoming and outgoing financials, and leverage the setlist and guest list managers.
A free account includes the message board, calendar, industry directory, and SMS notifications for up to 5 members. Access to rest of the goodies will cost your band $7.99/mo.
This video features a brief demo:
BizSpark is a startup program that gives you three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, you can sign up today.
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Tags: bandcentral, bands, music, project management, social media
FunStuff / Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:07:55 GMT
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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America . MARIA: Here it is. TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?' GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. (I Love this kid)
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I.. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie….. Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE:All right… 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
Thanks Denny
FunStuff / Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:18:24 GMT
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